Consolidation of physician practices, largely driven by health systems, has motivated policy efforts to move care toward lower-price, non–health system settings. At the same time, however, private ...

Private equity (PE) acquisitions of health care providers are often framed as a monolithic intervention, but firms’ strategies for generating returns for investors may vary. In a ...

Shifting from reducing MA capitation by an across-the-board coding intensity adjustment factor to Medicare Advantage ...

While evidence-based decisions are essential, they must be paired with effective public messaging that builds trust and ...

Victor J. Dzau ([email protected]), National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C. J. Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine. In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National ...

Oklahoma and South Carolina are among nine states that use some form of provider-based reference pricing to contain spending ...

Given the prevalence of managed care, it’s incumbent upon the industry to ensure that there is a robust supplier pool.

We examine key lessons on medical-dental integration from the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...

Given forthcoming changes to Medicare Part D plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, CMS should collect and publish ...

The FDA’s framework for AI regulation, while robust for premarket evaluation, would benefit from more specific mechanisms for continuous monitoring of AI performance in diverse real-world settings.